Correlates of clinical failure in ventilator-associated pneumonia: insights from a large, randomized trial

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 64-73

  Shorr, Andrew F ^a   Cook, Deborah ^b   Jiang, Xuran ^c   Muscedere, John ^c,d   Heyland, Daren ^c,d  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Failure; Pneumonia; Resolution; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGENATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUPERINFECTION; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; RISK FACTORS; SUCTION; THIENAMYCINS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 40849135677     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2007.11.010     Document Type: Article

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